A Southern California company just received approval to test a space mirror that would reflect sunlight to dark parts of planet Earth.
The Federal Communications Commission issued a license on Thursday to Reflect Orbital, an energy company based in Hawthorne. The license officially allows Reflect Orbital to launch its Earendil-1 satellite using frequencies in UHF, S-band and X-band for “telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) and data downlink to support deployment and testing of a solar reflector.”
Reflect Orbital will only be allowed to deploy one satellite at a time for now, the license states…